Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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portion in 2002 measured by the median was, taken as a whole, 67 per cent;
and according to the mean value, 71 per cent. The salary differences between
the genders in Latvia, examined on average, have changed very little in three
years. In terms of the medians, the salary gaps have grown a little; and expressed
as mean values, they have decreased somewhat. The difference between
these two key figures is due mainly to an evening out of differences
particularly in the case of the highest salaries, but also for the lowest.
WOMEN'S NET SALARIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEN'S IN 1998
AND 2002 (Calculated from the median and mean salaries)
Ratio of women's salaries to men's (%) 1998 2002
Change
(%)
Median wages/salaries
All wage earners
Mean wages/salaries
70 %
65 %
67 %
71 %
-3
+6
Private sector
Public sector
New workplaces
Reorganised
Old workplaces
Median
wages/salaries
73 % 64 % -9
Mean wages/salaries 64 % 63 % -1
Median
wages/salaries
67 % 86 % +9
Mean wages/salaries 67 % 87 % +20
Median
wages/salaries
70 % 73 % +3
Mean wages/salaries 69 % 65 % -4
Median
wages/salaries
79 % 67 % -12
Mean wages/salaries 74 % 65 % -9
Median
wages/salaries
68 % 82 % -14
Mean wages/salaries 62 % 82 % -20
The difference between the public and private sectors in Latvia is very great.
In 2002, the ratio of men's to women's salaries was over 20 per cent higher in
the private compared with the public sector. This difference has grown consid-